China's rebar prices are expected to see moderate gains this year, mainly driven by lower production volumes and higher input costs, according to Mysteel's latest annual report on long steel items.
American steel company Nucor has raised its weekly spot price (CSP) for hot-rolled coil (HRC) to $960 per short ton, which is $10/ton higher than a week earlier. This is stated in the company’s official…
Steel production in China fell below 1 billion tons in 2025, reaching its lowest level since 2018. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the country produced 960.81 million tons of…
The Turkish flat steel market remained largely inactive last week, with recent price increases driven by rising costs, leaving producers little room to offer discounts to stimulate trade, market participants…
Raw material prices have largely stabilised and moved sideways following the contract rollover on the SHFE and LME. Asian stainless steel prices remained robust amid rising demand. Is thyssenkrupp’s steel…
Based on the Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that steel import permit applications for the…
China's rare earth exports in 2025 hit the highest level since at least 2014, even as Beijing began restricting shipments of several medium to heavy elements from April.
The largest volume of imports was hot-dip galvanized rolled steel – 142,030 tons (+5% month-on-month), products for the oil industry – 131,760 tons (+21.6% month-on-month), wire rod – 103.33 thousand…
Elevated prices further restricted physical gold buying in India this week, while dealers in China hiked premiums over international rates as retail interest renewed after the holiday period.
Türkiye’s steel industry, around 75% based on electric arc furnaces and with 70% of scrap requirement coming from imports, is increasingly seeking ways to substitute scrap use. This comes amid tightening…
Safeguards proposed by the European Union to protect EU steel mills from the impact of imports would lead to crippling price hikes for European manufacturers, a lobby group representing European steel-using…
Copper prices soared to records above $13,000 a metric ton on Monday, driven by fears of shortages and expectations turmoil in Venezuela could accelerate the broader race to secure critical minerals.
